Annie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I received a piece of spam today that was addressed FROM my own address!
> I'm hoping they have software that puts the from address to the current
> addressee, and not my address on every piece of spam!!!!!!
Chances are high that it's the former. It's a not-uncommon technique.
> Any ideas on what they're doing and why? It's an old Geocities address
> that's about to expire, but even so...
It's intended to get around spam filters that do weak envelope or From
header filtering; the spammer is guaranteed that the address to which
they're sending mail will be seen by the recipient system as a valid and
resolving e-mail address.
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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
